Just Go Fly a Kite

I bought a couple of $1.00 kites from Walmart a couple of months ago and today with a slight breeze we decided to fly one. Once I got the kite up I handed him the string and explained the concept of kite flying to him. Then he was on his own and it took a few tries before he got it in the air and it was priceless watching him try. A female red-tail hawk flew down from the sky to check out the kite along with a much bigger bird.

The Wakefield Airport is only a mile up the road from us and the military uses it daily for touch and go landings for helicopter training. We have become friends by air with the Navy guys. When they fly over the house, very low and with the cargo side door open, they will wave to us and Nathan gleefully returns the greeting. Now when I say they fly over daily it can be at any hour of the day or night. It doesn't bother me, unlike some of our neighbors across the way. I thought it was an added bonus when we moved out here because I'm a military aircraft lover. When we lived in Virginia Beach in the late 80's I would watch the jets land and take off at Oceana on my lunch break from work. The power and sound of jets and helicopters give me an adrenaline rush.

Miss AnnaBelle seemed more interested in eating rocks from the driveway instead of kite flying.